tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post9157078092487661062..comments2024-03-28T09:28:46.253+00:00Comments on North Stoke: Notes on Stuart Piggott and the West Kennet Long barrowthelmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-90753218132669575772014-02-25T09:20:37.345+00:002014-02-25T09:20:37.345+00:00I once wrote of the badgers of .east Kennett, the ...I once wrote of the badgers of .east Kennett, the long barrow sits above the small village there, and it is a very tranquil place amongst the chalk downs of Wiltshire. Hopefully these badgers are safe from killing, as the chalk lands are given over to wheat not cattle, and therefore Bovine TB is not a worry.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-8313785682898204802014-02-25T02:49:04.631+00:002014-02-25T02:49:04.631+00:00I have no background for understanding archaeology...I have no background for understanding archaeology--or the restoration of Oriental art, for that matter--but am often fascinated by your posts. I'm intrigued to imagine the wandering burrows of the badgers under the stones--perhaps generations of them have lived there.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-24829856686888368872014-02-06T09:19:08.396+00:002014-02-06T09:19:08.396+00:00Hi Jennie, yes I was so pleased to read the Piggot...Hi Jennie, yes I was so pleased to read the Piggott report. As for triangular stones, the Avebury Avenue of stones has triangle stones facing square stones, this has always been seen as female and male stones, whether or not I don't know. But Roy in Cornwall is checking out all the triangle stone in the stone circles on Bodmin Moor, to see if he can come up with anything. Fascinating that triangle stones are still built into the walls such as your house, have to think about that one, continuing what tradition I wonder?thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-43365207129677641442014-02-06T07:02:32.713+00:002014-02-06T07:02:32.713+00:00Fascinating stuff thelma. I was intrigued by not ...Fascinating stuff thelma. I was intrigued by not only the definite planning of the cairn building, but the inclusion of a triangular stone (and wondering about its meaning too). There is a triangular stone built into the middle of the stone wall of our undercroft here (in mum's flat - the wall between the kitchen and the bedroom). Deliberate. When Mike the builder was building up the stable wall for Maggie's stable, he put a triangular stone in there, for continuity . . .<br /><br />East Kennet I know nothing about. Thank you for highlighting it. We shall visit next time we are at Avebury.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.com